The National Health Service (General Medical Services Supplementary List) Regulations 2001

Requirements with which a doctor on the supplementary list must comply

9.—(1) The doctor shall make a declaration to the Health Authority in writing within 7 days of its occurrence if he—

(a) is convicted of any criminal offence in the United Kingdom;

(b) is bound over following a criminal conviction in the United Kingdom;

(c) accepts a police caution in the United Kingdom;

(d) is convicted elsewhere of an offence, or what would constitute a criminal offence if committed in England and Wales, or is subject to a penalty which would be the equivalent of being bound over or cautioned;

(e) is charged in the United Kingdom with a criminal offence, or is charged elsewhere with an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute a criminal offence;

(f) is notified by any licensing, regulatory or other body anywhere in the world, of the outcome of any investigation into his professional conduct, and there is a finding against him;

(g) becomes the subject of any investigation into his professional conduct by any licensing, regulatory or other body;

(h) becomes subject to an investigation into his professional conduct in respect of any current or previous employment, or is notified of the outcome of any such investigation if adverse;

(i) becomes to his knowledge the subject of any investigation by the National Health Service Counter Fraud Service in relation to fraud;

(j) becomes the subject of any investigation by another Health Authority or equivalent body, which might lead to his removal from any of that Health Authority’s lists or equivalent lists;

(k) is removed, contingently removed, suspended, refused admission to, or conditionally included in any list or equivalent list kept by another Health Authority or equivalent body,

and if so, give details, including approximate dates, of where any investigation or proceedings were or are to be brought, the nature of that investigation or proceedings, and any outcome.

(2) If the doctor is, or was in the preceding six months, or was to his knowledge at the time of the originating events a director of a body corporate, he shall make a declaration to the Health Authority in writing within 7 days of its occurrence if that body corporate—

(a) is convicted of any criminal offence in the United Kingdom;

(b) is convicted elsewhere of an offence, or what would constitute a criminal offence if committed in England and Wales, or is subject to a penalty which would be the equivalent of being bound over or cautioned;

(c) is charged in the United Kingdom with a criminal offence, or is charged elsewhere with an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute a criminal offence;

(d) is notified by any licensing, regulatory or other body anywhere in the world, of the outcome of any investigation into its provision of professional services, and there is a finding against the body corporate;

(e) becomes the subject of any investigation into its provision of professional services by any licensing, regulatory or other body anywhere in the world;

(f) becomes to his knowledge the subject of any investigation by the National Health Service Counter Fraud Service in relation to a fraud case, or is notified of the outcome of such an investigation if adverse;

(g) becomes the subject of any investigation by another Health Authority or equivalent body, which might lead to its removal from any of that Health Authority’s lists or equivalent lists;

(h) is removed, contingently removed, suspended, refused admission to, or conditionally included in any list or equivalent list kept by another Health Authority or equivalent body,

and if so, give the name and registered address of the body corporate and details, including approximate dates, of where any investigation or proceedings were or are to be brought, the nature of that investigation or proceedings, and any outcome.

(3) The doctor shall consent to a request being made by the Health Authority to any employer or former employer, licensing, regulatory or other body in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, for information relating to a current investigation, or an investigation where the outcome was adverse, by them into the doctor or a body corporate referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and (2).